BOSTON - Freshman goalie Chloe Oliver (Milford, Conn.) made a season-high 26 saves for the Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team in its 21-6 road loss to Emmanuel (Mass.) College on Tuesday evening in Boston.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Emmanuel (Mass.) 21 | Albertus Magnus 6
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-8, 0-7 GNAC) | Emmanuel (Mass.) (5-5, 5-3 GNAC)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Falcons and Saints battled each other even through the first quarter of action. Alexandra Barrett (Northford, Conn.) netted the game's first goal at the 12:20 mark. Emmanuel answered with the following two goals before Albertus followed with back-to-back strikes. Katherine Raposo (Warwick, R.I.) scored both goals for AMC, the first being a free-position attempt. The Saints ended the first with a goal at the 2:55 mark to tie the game at three goals apiece.

Albertus scored the first two goals of the second quarter to storm ahead 5-3 through 2:20 in the frame. Bridget Rosikiewicz (Naugatuck, Conn.) hit the first goal on a pass from Barrett before Keegan Riccio (West Haven, Conn.) scored next on her own pass from Barrett.

Unfortunately for the Falcons, the Saints ended the second on an 8-0 run to build an 11-5 halftime lead.

Albertus came out of the break and ended EC's run with a Raposo goal to make it an 11-6 game 2:03 into the half. Raposo's goal was the last for AMC in the game, as the Saints added 10 more tallies to their score to pick up the 21-6 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) win.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - Chloe Oliver (L, 1-8): 21 Goals-Against | 26 Saves | 47 Shots on Goal
Emmanuel (Mass.) - Emma Crowley (W, 5-5): 6 Goals-Against | 7 Saves | 13 Shots on Goal

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons owned a 26-7 lead in saves.
• Albertus finished with 14 ground balls and 13 draw controls.
• AMC went 17-for-27 on clear attempts.
• The Falcons tallied 16 shots in the game.
• Raposo paced Albertus with seven shots and six shots on goal.

Albertus:
Katherine Raposo: 3 goals | 7 shots on goal | 7 draw controls | 1 caused turnover
Alexandra Barrett: 1 goal | 2 assists | 3 shots on goal
Keegan Riccio: 1 goal | 2 shots on goal | 2 ground balls | 2 draw controls

Emmanuel:
Rachel Canedy: 4 goals | 1 assist | 8 shots on goal | 1 ground ball
Chandra Franca: 3 goals | 2 assists | 7 shots on goal | 2 ground balls | 4 caused turnover | 5 draw controls
Anna Drillen: 4 goals | 6 shots on goal | 3 ground balls | 4 draw controls
Megan Steele: 4 goals | 11 shots on goal | 1 ground ball | 1 caused turnover

NOTEWORTHY

• Tonight's game marked the seventh all-time meeting between the Falcons and Saints.
• Oliver made a season-high 26 saves.
• Raposo has scored three-plus goals in five of the last six games.
• Barrett tallied multiple points in back-to-back games.
• Rosikiewicz's goal is her second of the season.

UP NEXT
The Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team will travel to Newton, Mass., for a conference match-up with the Lasers of Lasell University on Saturday, April 9th. The opening face-off is slated for 1 PM on Grellier Field.